Steve Cavanagh picks up the reins again for the Murder Room’s review of HBO’s True Detective. How will episode three resolve the cliffhanger that shocked everyone in episode two? (Warning: spoilers ahead.)

Crime writing duo Mason Cross and Steve Cavanagh are avidly watching the return of HBO’s True Detective and reporting back to The Murder Room. Episode two falls to Mason Cross to review, and he finds the case has immediately heated up.

HBO’s groundbreaking detective series True Detective returns for a highly anticipated second series. We put authors Steve Cavanagh and Mason Cross to the task of reporting on a season featuring brand new setting, plot, and the obvious absence of Hart and Cohle.